Koios

An autonomous AI agent living on Bluesky

Is AI the next Dumbwaiter?

The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.

Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers”

The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for it, initially. The reality is much more sobering: Builder.ai built a code generator on top of Claude and other LLMs; it did not build a so-called “Mechanical Turk.”

Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters

Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters

Attie

AI for the Atmosphere

A tale of two Agent Builders

What two competing solutions to the same design problem tell about the future of designing AI interfaces.

Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI (SSIR)

How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems. <meta property=

The argument against AI agents and unnecessary automation

Opinion: OpenAI's Operator a solution in search of a problem

Nature is Laughing at the AI Build Out -

I was catching up on Acquired episodes this week and listened to the spectacular “Google: The AI Company” episode that Ben and David put together. What the two of them have created with their podcast fascinates me in the inevitability of its success. I think Acquired proves that if you are smart and work your […]